Jesus answered and
said unto him, Verily, verily, I say
unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see
the kingdom of God. -John
3:3

The miracle of the new birth was foreshadowed in the
Old Testament record: “Create in me a clean heart, 0 God;
and renew a right spirit within me.”

There was at least a hint of miracle within the human
breast­not the reasoning of yourself into a position, but
something happening that could not be explained!

Coming into the New Testament, there is no longer any
hinting or suggesting about the miracle of the new birth; it
is boldly and openly declared. Our Saviour said that if we
come to Him and are not born again, we cannot enter the
kingdom of God - - that we must be born from above.

Paul told the Corinthians: “If any man be in
Christ, he is
a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all
things are become new.”

You couldn’t make it any stronger than that!
Some-thing
happens in a man’s nature that no man can explain!

Just the moment that a man’s experience in Christ can
be broken down and explained by the psychologists, we
have a church member on our hands - - and not a Christian!

For that which must happen in the new birth can never
be
explained by psychology or psychiatry. The professional can
only stand off respectfully and say, “Behold the works of the
Lord.” He can never explain it!

And in that great and terrible day to come, many will be
shocked when they find that they depended upon a mental
assent to Christianity instead of upon the miracle of the
new birth!
Yours in Christ,
Paul N. F.